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The Desert Cafe Will Be On The Air Friday Morning – Don’t Miss It!

July 31, 2006 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

It is confirmed! The debut of the Desert Cafe will happen on Friday morning, August 4, starting at 15:00 Universal Time (8:00 AM Pacific, 9:00 AM Mountain, 10:00 AM Central and 11:00 Eastern) and running for three hours. I hope all who read this blog and listen to the podcast will join me Friday morning… Finish Reading The Desert Cafe Will Be On The Air Friday Morning – Don’t Miss It!

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Visual Verification: eBay May Have Implemented Audio CAPTCHA

July 27, 2006 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

We have received a report that eBay may have recently implemented an audio playback alternative to their CAPTCHA for use by blind and visually impaired customers. The characters are spoken with background audio to prevent recognition by scripts and other automated processes that may employ speech recognition. Blind and visually impaired eBay customers are asked… Finish Reading Visual Verification: eBay May Have Implemented Audio CAPTCHA

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Microsoft Adds Yahoo! Messenger Users to Windows Live Messenger, Makes Instant Messaging Even More Accessible

July 19, 2006 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

We already know how the accessibility of Windows Live Messenger allows blind and visually impaired people to communicate instantaneously with millions of other computer users around the world. Now, Microsoft and Yahoo! have expanded this capability to include users of Yahoo! Messenger. That’s right! Windows Live Messenger users may now communicate seemlessly with users of… Finish Reading Microsoft Adds Yahoo! Messenger Users to Windows Live Messenger, Makes Instant Messaging Even More Accessible

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Climbing Down From Atop the Blindness Organizational Fence

July 19, 2006 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

I have officially become a member of BITS (Blind Information Technology Specialists), an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind. This means I have reversed my original policy of neutrality with respect to blindness organizations, choosing not to remain “on the fence” so to speak. Though I continue to believe much effective advocacy can… Finish Reading Climbing Down From Atop the Blindness Organizational Fence

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Visual Verification Accessibility: Nobody Home at Earthlink

July 18, 2006 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Just in case anyone still thinks a process requiring manual human intervention is acceptable to provide accessibility to visual verification, please allow me to share yet another example of how this does not work for blind and visually impaired web site users. If you need Earthlink’s help, nobody is home and the company doesn’t care.… Finish Reading Visual Verification Accessibility: Nobody Home at Earthlink

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Online Coverage of the Blindness Conventions

July 17, 2006 • Darrell Shandrow Hilliker

Shownotes Listen as I chat about the online coverage of the recently concluded NFB and ACB blindness organization conventions. I continue to be disappointed with the complete lack of coverage provided by NFB. I also briefly touch on the safe return of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the current war in the Middle East. I… Finish Reading Online Coverage of the Blindness Conventions

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